Mount Tsurumi

Mount Tsurumi
鶴見岳
Mount Tsurumi from Beppu City (November 2008)
Highest point
Elevation	1,374.5 m (4,510 ft)
Listing	List of mountains and hills of Japan by height
Coordinates	33°17′12″N 131°25′47″E / 33.28667°N 131.42972°E / 33.28667; 131.42972
Naming
Pronunciation	[tsuɽumidake]
Geography
Location	Beppu, Ōita, Japan
Topo map	Geographical Survey Institute 25000:1 別府東
Geology
Mountain type	Lava dome
Last eruption	March to May 867 CE

Tsurumi volcano (center)
Yufu volcano (left)

Mount Tsurumi (鶴見岳, Tsurumi-dake) is a 1,374.5 m (4,510 ft) volcano in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.

Outline

Mount Tsurumi is a lava dome. It has several peaks, including, Mount Kuranoto, Mount Uchi, Mount Garan. This mountain is one of Japan 300 mountains, and a part of Aso Kujū National Park.

Route

The easiest way to reach to the top of Mount Tsurumi is to use Kintetsu Beppu Ropeway. When walking up to the top, it takes about two hours from Toriimae Bus Stop and two and half hours from Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop.

Access

• Tsurumi Sanjo Station
• Toriimae Bus Stop
• Higashi Tozanguchi Bus Stop

Gallery

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  Mount Tsurumi from Mount Yufu (04/2009)
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  Mount Tsurumi in the morning (11/2008)
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  Mount Tsurumi from west (04/2009)
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  The top of Mount Tsurumi (04/2009)
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  Mount Kuranoto of Tsurumi Mountains (04/2009)
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  Mount Uchi of Tsurumi Mountains (04/2009)
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  Mount Garan of Tsurumi Mountains (04/2009)
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  Beppu City and Ropeway Station from Mount Tsurumi (04/2009)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Tsurumi.

• "Tsurumidake and Garandake: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF).  - Japan Meteorological Agency
• Tsurumi Dake - Geological Survey of Japan
• Yufu-Tsurumi: Global Volcanism Program - Smithsonian Institution